[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 7, 1992]
[Pages 726-727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Princeton Nathan Lyman To Be United States Ambassador to 
South Africa

May 7, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Princeton 
Nathan Lyman, of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
South Africa. He would succeed William Lacy Swing.
    Since 1989, Dr. Lyman has served as Director of the Bureau for 
Refugee Programs at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to this, he 
served as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1986-89; Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs at the Department of 
State, 1981-86; and as Director of the Office of Inter-African Affairs 
at the Department of State, 1980-81.
    Dr. Lyman graduated from the University of California (A.B., 1957); 
Harvard Uni-

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versity (M.A., 1959; Ph.D., 1961). He was born November 20, 1935, in San 
Francisco, CA. Dr. Lyman is married, has three children, and resides in 
Chevy Chase, MD.